MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km 178.35 5C 0806 D DR Deutschland, Kronshagen (Kiel) (shs) 517km 178.35 5C 0809 D DR Deutschland, Röbel (mev) 591km 178.35 5C 0839 D DR Deutschland, Hohe Linie (bay) 575km 178.35 5C 0841 D DR Deutschland, Neubrandenburg-Süd (mev) 645km 178.35 5C 0850 D DR Deutschland, Göttingen/Bovenden (nds) 370km 178.35 5C 0854 D DR Deutschland, Raichberg (bwü) 429km 178.35 5C 0859 D DR Deutschland, Hamburg/Heinrich-Hertz-Turm (ham) 458km 178.35 5C 0900 D DR Deutschland, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) 475km 178.35 5C 0901 D DR Deutschland, Weimar/Großer Ettersberg (thü) 458km 178.35 5C 0905 D DR Deutschland, Bad Lobenstein/Sieglitzberg (thü) 490km 178.35 5C 0906 D DR Deutschland, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) 454km 178.35 5C 0909 D DR Deutschland, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) 621km 178.35 5C 0909 D DR Deutschland, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) 421km 178.35 5C 0909 D DR Deutschland, Bremen-Walle (bre) 363km 178.35 5C 0910 D DR Deutschland, Schwerin (mev) 541km 178.35 5C 0910 D DR Deutschland, Bungsberg/NDR-Mast (shs) 541km 178.35 5C 0910 D DR Deutschland, Gera-Langenberg (thü) 515km 178.35 5C 0910 D DR Deutschland, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) 447km 178.35 5C 0910 D DR Deutschland, Schiffdorf nds (bre) 388km 178.35 5C 0912 D DR Deutschland, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) 510km 178.35 5C 0913 D DR Deutschland, Halle/Petersberg (san) 508km 178.35 5C 0913 D DR Deutschland, Brocken (san) 419km 178.35 5C 0914 D DR Deutschland, Dequede (san) 520km 178.35 5C 0914 D DR Deutschland, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) 406km 178.35 5C 0915 D DR Deutschland, Heide/Welmbüttel (shs) 469km 178.35 5C 0915 D DR Deutschland, Hannover/Telemax (nds) 383km 178.35 5C 0916 D DR Deutschland, Lübeck-Stockelsdorf (shs) 515km 178.35 5C 0916 D DR Deutschland, Inselsberg (thü) 403km 178.35 5C 0920 D DR Deutschland, Braunschweig-Broitzem (nds) 420km
Today I replaced my stacked Emme Esse log-periodic band III DAB antennas. They were installed on November 3 2020 and they performed brilliantly. However they are extremely fragile and elements get easily bent. More details on the Emme Esse: click here.
They are now replaced with two FUBA DAT 307 antennas. The Emme Esse elements are 5 mm thick while the FUBA elements are 10 mm. This makes the aerial really sturdy. Unlike the Emme Esse the FUBA aerials are not log-periodics but Yagis.
Specs:
Length: 1350 mm
Elements: 7
Frequency range: 174-230 MHz
Gain: max. 10dB
Polarisation: horizontal/vertical
Connection: F-type connector
Weight: 0.900 kg
Price: about 100 euros for two aerials
How are they stacked? Spacing: 150 cm apart.
(Update August 13 2022: now 188 cm apart (1.25 wavelength) and nooelec LNA next to the antennas) Each antenna is hooked up to the combiner with a 150 cm Belden H125 coax
Comparing the stacked Emme Esse log-periodics to the FUBA Yagis after a few hours of testing.
Both aerials perform very well and the gain seems to be on par, with perhaps a slightly better performance for the FUBAs.
The FUBAs have smaller beam width so pointing the antennas to a weak mux should be done carefully.
Tuning to 8A Lille during in the afternoon with no lift at all worked well.
9B and 9D were received all afternoon with no lift. The Emme Esse aren’t always able to do so.
5C from Germany could only be received sporadically in the afternoon, which is about the same as with the Emme Esse.
Overall this antenna is certainly good value for your money.
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km 89.60 1339 I Radio Margherita, Santa Sofia d’Epiro/Località Zarella (cs) Tent. location PI logged: 5242 PS logged: MARGHRTA 1556km 89.60 1342 I Radio Cuore (Trapani-Gruppo Conforti), Trapani/Corso Italia, 73 (tetto sede) (tp) Tent. location PI logged: 522F 1568km